This is a list of records and statistics of the football tournament in the Olympic games ever since the inaugural official edition in 1908 .[1]
Medal table [ edit ] Bronze medals shared in 1972 tournament Top scorers by tournament [ edit ] Records [ edit ] Starting with the first official football tournament in London in 1908, Denmark's Sophus Nielsen and Hungary's Antal Dunai share the record for the most total goals scored by a player in tournament history. Both have 13 goals: Nielsen scored 11 goals in 1908 and two in 1912, and Dunai scored six in 1968 and seven in 1972. Ferenc Bene holds the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single Olympics tournament, scoring 12 goals in the 1964 edition. Sophus Nielsen and Gottfried Fuchs share the record for most goals scored in a single Olympic match at 10. Nielson achieved that in the semi-final match against France in 1908, and Fuchs did so in the first-round match against Russia in the 1912 consolation tournament.
Neymar scored the fastest goal in a men's Olympic football match in history, 14 seconds into the semi-final match against Honduras on 17 August 2016.[2]
All-time top scorers [ edit ] The all-time top goalscorers with at least 7 goals (since 1908)
Hat-tricks [ edit ] Since the first official tournament in 1908 in England , 99 hat-tricks have been scored in over 1,000 matches of the 25 editions of the tournament.[citation needed
Teams: tournament position [ edit ] Teams having equal quantities in the tables below are ordered by the tournament the quantity was attained in (the teams that attained the quantity first are listed first). If the quantity was attained by more than one team in the same tournament, these teams are ordered alphabetically.
Most titles won
3, Great Britain 1900 , 1908 , 1912 ) ; Hungary 1952 , 1964 , 1968 ).
Most finishes in the top two
5, Brazil (1984 , 1988 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 ).
Most finishes in the top three
7, Brazil (1984 , 1988 , 1996 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 ).
Most finishes in the top four
8, Brazil (1976 , 1984 , 1988 , 1996 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 ).
Most appearances
15, Italy 1912 , 1920 , 1924 , 1928 , 1936 , 1948 , 1952 , 1960 , 1984 , 1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004 , 2008 ). Consecutive [ edit ] Most consecutive medals
4, Yugoslavia Hungary Brazil
Most consecutive golds
2, Great Britain [a] Uruguay Hungary Argentina (2004–08); Brazil (2016–20).
Most consecutive silvers
3, Yugoslavia
Most consecutive bronzes
3, Netherlands
Most consecutive top three finishes
3, Soviet Union [b]
Most consecutive championships by a confederation
13, UEFA , (1936–1992).
Most consecutive matches won
12 Argentina (2004–2008), six in each tournament. Longest gap between titles
32 years, Soviet Union
Longest gap between appearances in the top two
72 years, Spain Host team [ edit ] Best finish by host team
Champion: Great Britain (1908); Belgium Spain (1992); Brazil (2016). Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion
3, Denmark
Most finishes in the top three without ever being champion
4, Denmark
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion
4, Netherlands Denmark Teams: matches played and goals scored [ edit ] All time [ edit ] Most matches played
66, Brazil
Most wins
38, Brazil
Most losses
23, Italy
Most draws
13, South Korea
Most goals scored
134, Brazil
Most goals conceded
102, Serbia
Fewest goals conceded
1, Estonia Individual [ edit ] Most matches played, finals
13, Dezső Novák (Hungary Antal Dunai (Hungary Lajos Szűcs (Hungary Miklós Páncsics (Hungary Players who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup [ edit ] Goalscoring [ edit ] Individual [ edit ] Most goals scored, overall finals
13, Sophus Nielsen (Denmark Antal Dunai (Hungary
Most goals scored in a tournament
12, Ferenc Bene (Hungary
Most goals scored in a match
10, Sophus Nielsen (Denmark France , 1908 ; Gottfried Fuchs (Germany Russia , 1912 .
First goalscorer
Nils Middelboe (Denmark France , 19 October 1908 .Youngest goalscorer
16 years, 332 days, Ángel Uribe (Peru France , 26 August 1960 .
Oldest goalscorer
38 years, 243 days, Ryan Giggs (Great Britain ), vs United Arab Emirates , 29 July 2012 . Most goals scored in a match, one team
17, Denmark France 1908 .
Most goals scored in a match, both teams
18, Denmark France 1908 .
Highest scoring draw
5–5, Soviet Union Yugoslavia 1952 .
Fewest goals conceded in a tournament
0, Argentina Athens 2004 Tournament [ edit ] Most goals scored in a tournament
135 goals, 1952 ; 1972 .
Fewest goals scored in a tournament
48 goals, 1908 .
Most goals per match in a tournament
8.00 goals per match, 1908 .
Fewest goals per match in a tournament
2.34 goals per match, 2008 . Winning managers [ edit ] Managers who won Summer Olympics and FIFA World Cup [ edit ] Discipline [ edit ] Most sendings off (all-time, team)
6, Italy , Morocco , Spain .
Most cautions (all-time, team)
91, Italy Attendance [ edit ] Highest average of attendance per match
47,660, 2012 .
Lowest average of attendance per match
3,333, 1908 .
^ Although Great Britain won the 1900 competition, this is not recognized by FIFA.
^ Although UEFA was founded in 1954, its records include all European teams which become UEFA members.
References [ edit ] See also [ edit ]
General Tournaments
Qualifications
Finals
Squads
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